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Download Solution PDFWho completed the Qutub Minar?
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Iltumish.
Key Points
- Qutub-ud-din Aibak started the construction of the Qutub Minar in the memory of the famous Sufi saint Khawaja Qutubuddin Bhaktiyar Kaki.
- Qutubuddin Aibak (1206 AD-1210 AD):
- He was the founder of the Slave dynasty.
- He could complete only the first storey of the building.
Iltutmish:
He regarded as the ‘real founder of the Delhi Sultanate’. He made Delhi the capital in place of Lahore.
- He saved Delhi Sultanate from the wrath of Changez Khan by refusing shelter to Khwarizm Shah, whom Changez Khan was chasing.
- He got his authority (Sultanate of Delhi) recognised by the Caliph of Baghdad (Khalifa) as a member of the world fraternity of Islamic states.
- He completed the construction of Qutub Minar.
- He constituted a group of 40 nobles known as Turkan-i-Chahalgani or Chalisa.
- He started the Iqta-dar system in Delhi Sultanate. This is an assignment of land in lieu of salary, which he distributed to his officers.
- He introduced the silver coin (tanka) and the copper coin (Jital).
- He patronised Minhaj-al-Siraj, author of Tabaqat-i-Nasiri.
Additional Information
- The construction was later taken over by his successor Iltutmish who constructed three more stories of the tower.
- Qutub Minar is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mehrauli area of New Delhi, India.
- Parso-Arabic and Nagari in different sections of the Qutb Minar reveal the history of its construction.
- Iltumish was the first Muslim sovereign to rule from Delhi and is considered the effective founder of the Delhi Sultanate.
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